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Applies to:
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics Platform System (PDW)
SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric
Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
The following scalar functions perform a calculation, usually based on input values that are provided as arguments, and return a numeric value:
Arithmetic functions, such as ABS
, CEILING
, DEGREES
, FLOOR
, POWER
, RADIANS
, and SIGN
, return a value having the same data type as the input value. Trigonometric and other functions, including EXP
, LOG
, LOG10
, SQUARE
, and SQRT
, cast their input values to float and return a float value.
All mathematical functions, except for RAND
, are deterministic functions. This means they return the same results each time they're called with a specific set of input values. RAND
is deterministic only when a seed parameter is specified. For more information about function determinism, see Deterministic and nondeterministic functions.
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